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Preserved lemon is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Preserved lemon is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook preserved lemon using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Preserved lemon:
- Get 1 kg lemons
- Prepare 500 g coarse salt
- Make ready 2 tbsp green pepper in grains
- Get 1 cinnamon stick
- Take 4-5 bay leaves
- Prepare olive oil
Preserved lemons, sold loose in the souks, are one of the indispensable ingredients of Moroccan cooking, used in fragrant lamb and vegetable tagines, recipes for chicken with lemons and olives. Preserved lemon or lemon pickle is a condiment that is common in the cuisines of Indian subcontinent and North Africa. It is also known as "country lemon" and leems. Diced, quartered, halved, or whole lemons are pickled in a brine of water, lemon juice, and salt; occasionally spices are included as well.
Instructions to make Preserved lemon:
- Wash the lemons, cut of the stems, top and tail them and boil them whole for 15 minutes.
- Set them aside to cool and score them diagonally, without actually splitting them in the middle. Using a spoon, fill them with as much salt that you can and then place them carefully in sterilized jars with the spices.
- Fill in the jars with olive oil and store in a cool place or the fridge for 2 weeks.
The pickle is allowed to ferment at room temperature for weeks or months before it is used. Preserved lemons are very simple to make and require a single ingredient besides the lemons themselves. YOU WILL NEED: as many lemons as you'd like to preserve plus a few extra for the juice and salt. Equipment wise - a sharp knife, a cutting board and wide mouth jars with air tight lids. To get started, select some ripe Meyer lemons, if you can find them.
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